Ancient Minutus VI

To whom is this quote attributed? "I never take on new passengers unless the boat is already full."

Julia, a married woman, was asked her secret for having affairs while bearing children resembling her husband. Her purported answer was "I never take on new passengers unless the boat is already full." As the daughter of Emperor Augustus, her scandalous public behavior was a continual source of consternation and shame. The emperor had passed legislation designed to promote family values and discourage promiscuity, which made her conduct all the more humiliating. He said of his wife and child: "If only I had never married, or had died childless."

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